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| Legislative panel recommends keeping open Kewanee juvenile facility |
| By thesouthern.com- Dan Petrella |
| Published: 05/04/2016 |
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SPRINGFIELD — Efforts to keep open a juvenile detention facility in northwestern Illinois may have gotten a boost Tuesday from a legislative panel. The General Assembly’s bipartisan, bicameral Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability voted against recommending the closure of the Illinois Youth Center at Kewanee. However, the 5-6 vote isn’t binding on the Department of Juvenile Justice, which operates the 354-bed medium-security facility. Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration is seeking to close the facility as part of an effort to shift to more community-based programs for juvenile offenders. Supporters argue that Kewanee should be kept open because it’s the newest and, at full capacity, most cost-effective of the state’s six juvenile detention centers. If the Department of Juvenile Justice doesn’t maintain the facility, they would like to see it repurposed as a Department of Corrections facility, possibly one dedicated to caring for older inmates near the end of their lives. Read More. |
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